American hypocrisy
It turns out certain US soldiers enjoyed killing and torturing people so much,
they made DVDs of it. The blogger known only as Lenin comments:
The Army considered it “inappropriate” rather than abusive. That “inappropriate” word is a favourite of school-teachers and social workers. It’s what they use to describe behaviour that is slightly embarrassing or stupid. The Palm Beach Post, which put some sections of the video on its website, omitted the audio because of “profane language”. So, they calculate that the surprising spectacle of soldiers in war cursing would be more shocking to its readers than the sight of their brave boys booting a man who has bullet wounds, is lying on the floor, and is about to die. Having to hear the word ‘fuck’ is less endurable for sensitive readers than having to see a dead Iraqi wave at them. I’d say that’s revealing.